Platform Reliability Engineer - Cloud, Observability, IaC

Kalepa; Cincinnati, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) match

HSA/FSA

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Core Specialty is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise platforms that enable teams to deliver secure, scalable software. You will implement cloud-native architectures, automate deployments, and create reusable platform patterns across the organization.

This role emphasizes observability, FinOps, DR/BCP, and integration with CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and speed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience with source control platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of automation and scripting using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of Power Platform
• Understanding of modern software delivery and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant architectures using cloud-native services (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Define and operationalize SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for critical applications and platforms.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform) to ensure repeatable and compliant deployments.
• Develop automated remediation and self-healing capabilities to reduce MTTR and improve system resilience.
• Establish enterprise-level monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Datadog, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Application Insights).
• Drive cost optimization (FinOps) initiatives, including resource utilization tracking and rightsizing recommendations.
• Support DR/BCP strategy execution, including failover testing and regional isolation validation.
• Collaborate with application teams to embed reliability engineering practices into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Automation scripting

DevOps practices

Monitoring & observability

Collaboration & problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Power Platform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Core Specialty is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise platforms that enable teams to deliver secure, scalable software. You will implement cloud-native architectures, automate deployments, and create reusable platform patterns across the organization.

This role emphasizes observability, FinOps, DR/BCP, and integration with CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and speed.